Opera Maine is the state’s only professional opera company. Together with internationally recognized conductors, directors, and opera singers, we present original, creative, and inspiring productions. For more than 25 years, we have presented many of the world’s favorite operas –from Mozart to Puccini — to critical acclaim.

Join us in experiencing world-class opera LIVE, right here in Portland, Maine!

Studio Artist Program

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Presenting
Rappahannock County

by Ricky Ian Gordon
and Mark Campbell

Serenade
Sunday, May 19
Abigail Rethwisch, soprano
Noriko Yasuda, pianist

Kennebunkport Land Trust

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“…this sparkling comedy felt life affirming and was the perfect choice to bring back live opera in Maine.
La Dolce Vita, indeed!”

Sharky, Shark on Arts Blog

“This was an experience I will continue to draw on as I consider the power of art and social change movements”

Brandy Brown, Gender Clinic Program Manager at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital

…they infused each beat with well-sensed feeling that poured over into the next, maintaining unflagging momentum from the tight and lively overture, here with a proto-Beethoven quality in the dynamics and attack, to the very end.

Henry Stewart, Opera News

“A seasoned Scarpia, with eighty-four Met performances of Tosca to his credit, [James] Morris sounded in excellent form, and his fine bass-baritone made ‘Va, Tosca’ the most frightening moment of the evening….the most notable performance…was the thrilling Tosca of Alexandra LoBianco….The artists were directed to brilliant effect by artistic director Dona D. Vaughn, who made actors of all her musicians even in the little moments.”

Maria Mazzaro • Opera News
Opera Maine makes wise choices with ‘The Magic Flute’
A new production for the 25-year-old company, the opera was well cast and appropriately adjusted for modern times.
Allan Kozinn, Portland Press Herald

The Young Artists Program, which opened its six-performance series Friday night at USM’s Hannaford Auditorium, is a double-bill of vocal virtuosity by Mozart and Donizetti, well costumed and professionally sung by some already accomplished young artists.

Christopher Hyde, Portland Press Herald
“… a superb job top to bottom; the audience, knowing it had witnessed something extraordinary, stood in salute.”
Boston Globe

For anyone who believes that opera is at its best when it takes on important, if often uncomfortable social and historical issues – rather than, say, the woes of a thwarted romance between a rich kid and a courtesan – this year’s presentation of Jack Perla‘s “An American Dream” is a must-see production.

Allan Kozinn , Portland Press Herald

Stephen Lord’s conducting of his responsive orchestra and singers was exemplary, from the haunting intimations of the prelude to the dramatic force of the powerful closing chorus of Act II.

Cornelia Iredell , Opera News

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